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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 134-137Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.012610699
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V(D)J recombination; transposition; immune development
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Assembly of functional Ig and T cell receptor genes by V(D)J recombination depends on site-specific cleavage of chromosomal DNA by the RAG1/2 recombinase. As RAG1/2 action has mechanistic similarities to DNA transposases and integrases such as HIV-1 integrase, we sought to determine how integrase inhibitors of the diketo acid type would affect the various activities of RAG1/2. Both of the inhibitors we tested interfered with DNA cleavage and disintegration activities of RAG1/2, apparently by disrupting interaction with the DNA motifs bound specifically by the recombinase. The inhibitors did not ablate RAG1/2's transposition activity or capture of nonspecific transpositional target DNA, suggesting this DNA occupies a site on the recombinase different from that used for specific binding. These results further underscore the similarities between RAG1/2 and integrase and suggest that certain integrase inhibitors may have the potential to interfere with aspects of B and T cell development.
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